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Title: Westminster abbey, its architecture, history and monuments
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Pratt, Helen Marshall
Subjects: Westminster Abbey Great Britain -- Kings and rulers
Publisher: New York : Duffield & company
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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lar singer came of age they wouldhave placed a stone to his memory, butthe place of burial could not be ascer-tained. 751 CHAPTER XXV THE DARK CLOISTER, THE IN-FIRMARY CLOISTER, LITTLEDEANS YARD, AND THEWESTMINSTER SCHOOL The Infirmary Cloister and the LittleDeans Yard in which the WestminsterSchool is situated, are approached fromthe southeast angle of the main cloister bya long, plain Norman passage of the Con-fessors early work, running by the Nor-man Undercroft, called the Dark Cloister.It is simply a very plain, wagon-vaultedNorman aisle. The vault is withoutgroins or ribs and is formed of tufa laidin rubble work still showing the centeringon the mortar, but now whitewashed over,concealing all trace of its age. It runsalong by the side of the Norman Under-croft and is of the same period. Thethickness of its wall is shown by the deepsplay of the small window on our right.This now very plain and even rude pas-sage was once the Kings privateentrance to the Abbey from his palace. 752
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u The Cloister, Yard and School The Dark Cloister leads directly on tothe Little Deans Yard, to be visitedlater, and, by a passage turning sharplyfrom the main walk to the left, to the oldInfirmary buildings. The latter passageruns directly under the old Monks Dor-mitory, which, we remember, was verylong and extended far beyond the eastcloister itself. The passage is of thesame general style and dimness as theDark Cloister. To the right, a small,pleasant low doorway bears the name ofthe Abbey organist, and leads to a quaintand beautiful set of chambers four storieshigh, called, but not very fitly, the Lit-llngton Tower, for it was built at least acentury later than LItlingtons time. Itabuts on the southeast corner of the dor-mitory and has a beautiful outlook into thecloister beyond. Whatever its properdesignation, the tower is supposed to havehad a bell for summoning to service in theInfirmary chapel. The Infirmary or Little Cloister towhich this passage leads at once attractsthe eye

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